Lifeguards and police have extra staffing on duty to monitor the crowds.
Author: Shannon Handy (Reporter)
Updated: 6:11 PM PDT May 27, 2021
SAN DIEGO — Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial kickoff to summer and with that comes big crowds at our local beaches, especially as more people are getting vaccinated and traveling again.
During Memorial Day weekend in 2020, not only were the boardwalk and parking lots closed at area beaches, but you couldn't sit on the sand. Now, none of those rules apply. So, for lifeguards and police, that means all hands are on deck.
“We're gonna have hundreds of thousands of people down here so we'll be focusing our efforts on those creating problems,” said San Diego Police Captain Scott Wahl.